crazedMunkieWunkie

crazedMunkieWunkie t1_j5c6oek wrote

Reply to comment by Minuted in TIL that President Theodore Roosevelt was an accomplished author by the time he was 23, writing "The Naval War of 1812", called a seminal work in the field and highly influential on the development of the modern U.S. navy by lostmyfucksinthewar

I really think your thorough explanation here matches my interpretation of the parent comment you replied to meant by 'race' -- the same concept of a group like Teddy seems to have meant. Not "black" or "white."

Or maybe I'm way off base. Words change meanings over time.

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crazedMunkieWunkie t1_j5c6gre wrote

Reply to comment by BeatMasterFresh in TIL that President Theodore Roosevelt was an accomplished author by the time he was 23, writing "The Naval War of 1812", called a seminal work in the field and highly influential on the development of the modern U.S. navy by lostmyfucksinthewar

I think you're talking about basically the same concept as Minuted described below you. You shouldn't be downvoted. You're taking his use of the term "race" like what I interpret that quoted text to mean -- a group of people, but not like Whites / Blacks / Chinese.

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